Kuri (kitchen)
Appearance
A kuri (庫裏, lit. warehouse behind) or kuin (庫院, lit. warehouse hall) is the
butsuden (or, Buddha Hall). Historically the kuri was a kitchen which prepared meals only for the abbot and his guests, though in modern Japan it now functions as the kitchen and administrative office for the entire monastery.[2][3]
See also
Notes
References
- OCLC 42680558.
- Kinoshita, June; Palevsky, Nicholas (1998). Gateway to Japan. Kodansha International. ISBN 4-7700-2018-X.
- Watanabe, Hiroshi (2001). The Architecture of Tokyo: An Architectural History in 571 Individual. Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 3-930698-93-5.